This home at 457 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove is on the market for sale now.
Catwalks from London and New York to Paris and Milan will set the colour palette for spring when fashion weeks open this month and interior designers around the world will also be paying close attention.
“The colour palette for interiors always follows behind fashion designers,” interior designer Sandra Philpott said. “So whatever is happening in Milan and Paris during their fashion shows, the textiles, wallpapers and paint choices will roll off the back of that. I keep a close eye on it.”
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This is just in from fashion week in Stockholm. Let’s hope interior designers don’t follow all the international fashion trends. Picture: Michael Campanella/Getty Images, August 31
But this pleated, ice green halterneck dress is more inspiring. Picture: Michael Campanella/Getty Images, August 31
International fashion trends are what has helped inform the revival of Ms Philpott’s 1930s Federation-style home at 457 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove that is now for sale.
“It was the ugly duckling with great bones,” she said. “I’ve been here eight years now and it’s been complete for about a year.”
The house at 457 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove.
Drawing on her experience from 14 previous home renovations in Sydney, Ms Philpott took a “room-by-room” approach to the redesign and was able to complete the makeover with minimal structural interference.
“All I’ve done is knocked down a wall between the breakfast room and the kitchen to open that up and make the breakfast room nice and light.
Taking a wall out has added light to the kitchen and breakfast room.
And I’ve put in a walk-in robe next to the master suite.”
The conservatory had been the victim of a “men’s den” conversion with plasterboard covering an original VJ wall to act as a pool cue holder.
BEFORE: The sunroom was more of a den.
“I wanted it to be a bright, light conservatory-style sunroom as that’s where we get all the winter sun so I uncovered that wall and changed the floors.”
AFTER: The sunroom is now a conservatory with Belgian linen sofas.
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom, two-storey house presents as a turnkey property within walking distance of the western suburb’s finest schools and the renovation has a strong focus on sustainability.
“It’s a true lifestyle and entertainer’s property now,” she said. “On a summer’s day, we open the servery windows and see nothing but bougainvillea, the flowering jacaranda, the hills and greenery in the distance. It’s a secret oasis.
Outdoor dining is easy in a Queenslander.
“There’s new gutters, water tanks for the garden, and no oil-based paints in the house. It’s all water-based paints that have zero hydrocarbons in them.”
Eight sets of original stained glass windows have been restored, ornate ceilings repaired and the rimu timber floors polished.
“The whole staircase is made of rimu timber from New Zealand, it has real quality building materials in it.”
BEFORE: The rimu staircase as it used to look in the main entrance.
AFTER: And today, after a contemporary makeover.
Hardwood floors have been a feature Ms Philpott has designed around, particularly in the formal lounge and dining room where the floor has been stained a dark brown with a tint of Japan black.
The dark stained timber floor underscores the formal lounge and dining rooms.
“That was the jumping off point and I’ve put a whole lot of light in there with Belgian linen sofas and quite unique lights which I found in a fabulous shop in Melbourne, the bases are like tree stumps.
“And the dining table is an old refectory table from a church, and the base is made from the church pew, so it’s a table with real character.
The large rooms allow signature furniture pieces to stand out.
“The paint colour is Old Church White and has a little more depth than standard white and my final flourish is linen curtains, because I like seeing curtains blowing in the breeze and the linens pool on the floor, they don’t finish with the hem.”
The large farmhouse-style kitchen.
Ms Philpott spent 25 years in Sydney working in the corporate world and pursuing a love of interior design. She completed an interior design course before moving to Brisbane to be closer to her parents. “But now I’m thinking of the Sunshine Coast. I’m a beach girl and when I lived in Mosman in Sydney, the beach was a five-minute walk. I think now is the right time while I continue with consultancy work.”
Her home at 457 Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove is being sold by private treaty through Jack and Stephen Dangerfield of McGrath Estate Agents – Paddington with an open home on Saturday September 3 at 1pm.
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